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The Events that are: My Life

Things that go on in my life that cannot be catagorized somewhere else, sort of a catch-all

Wisdom teeth and all that jazz

On Tuesday morning I went to go have my wisdom teeth ripped out. They started me off with some good ol’ Nitrous Oxide. After that, it was a little poke and then I really don’t remember much. I do remember that I had my eyes closed and that I need help from the nurse to get out of the chair. I stumbled over to the recovery area and sort of sleep there for a little while. I really have no idea how long it was. I think they put a heart monitor on my finger, but I’m not sure. Anyways, we left and drove over to QFC to get my meds, Penicillin and Tylenol 3 (Codeine). I was feeling pretty good at this point. We drove over to the Apple store and I picked up some new headphones. Then we drove home. I popped a Penicillin and some Codeine and then went to bed. The next few days were filled mostly with sleeping. I really don’t remember much. By Thursday night, I had finally figured out that Codeine is a narcotic and was not only making me very tired, but also causing me to not remember things. I put an end to that, taking IBProfuen instead. Friday sucked quite a bit…probably from the withdraw of the Codeine. And that brings me to today. Eating some solid foods (e.g. cut up grilled cheese and bagels), but using my front teeth to chew…which really sucks. I periodically check to ensure that all 4 stitches are in and I have to rise out my mouth with salt water 3 times a day. The maxillofacial surgeon said not to brush my teeth for a little while. I suppose it’s so I don’t rip out the stitches or anything. I plan to begin brushing tomorrow. I start the sucking out fluids part on Tuesday. Jeez, at least I only have to do this once! In other news, I picked up an APC Smart-UPS 3000 for free. It can draw up to 60 amps, but it seems satisfied with well just under 20 for now. I’ve been trying to get my hands on one of these for ages and now it’s mine! All mine! Mu ha ha ha ha ha ha. ERhm. Anyways, very exciting none-the-less. I also started cleaning out my office and bedroom in preparation for driving to Colorado. Only 44 some days left.

3 hours and 45kg later

After all the fun and games today, Peter, Ben, and myself went back to Roche Harbor and lit off quite a few fireworks. It was a great time, save the maniac to our right who couldn’t seem to launch his fireworks in the air. Ergo, we took a short 30-45 minute break while the crazy old dude finished his business, then we went back. Highlights include the 6 simultaneous Saturn Missile Bank launch and the remainder of the 16,000 round firecracker wheel…which probably had somewhere between 8,000 and 10,000 firecrackers left. I would estimate that the close to the end, the firecrackers reached at least 180dB, if not more. The group to our left also brought along a handful of sparkler bombs that they lift off. We plan on creating a very large sparkler bomb this year too.

Henry Island

I went up to Friday Harbor with the family for the 4th of July weekend. They stayed at Harry’s family’s cabin and I went over to Roche Harbor and caught a dinghy to Henry Island where I partied with Peter Walchenbach and family; Ben Andersen was also there and we had a excellent time…one of the best every really. We were staying on Henry Island at the Seattle Yacht Club so on Sunday morning we played a bunch of games. Peter and Ben came in second for pickle-ball behind Jaimie and Glenn. We made some new friends, Jaimie and Katie. Jaimie is from Texas and comes up every summer to the Seattle area. Katie and her family just moved up from Texas and now manage the SYC outstation on Henry Island year round…I can’t say that I envy her.

What seems to be the problem officer?

Well, I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later. I finally got a speeding ticket. And to be honest, I really wasn’t all that mad or sad or whatever one might normally feel when getting pulled over. I used it as a learning experience and then found some humor in it. I do plan on calling the prosecuting attorney on Wednesday or Thursday, whenever I feel good enough to talk and hopefully getting the charge dropped, as long as I don’t get another speeding ticket within a year. That shouldn’t be a problem as I will be in college without a car.

More pictures of speeding ticket incident

Ugh

Today was the first day of Day Camp. Four more to go. I am completely exhausted. Unlike last week, which went by at sub-snail pace, this week should be over pretty quick. Unfortunately, that brings me one week closer to the end of summer, ergo beginning of school. On the bright side, I have managed to track down everyone from Billings. We should be getting together soon and that should be lots of fun. In other news, Annie Mesaros left for Romania today. Jeff Staples leaves for Russia in a week or so.

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy

Well, I can say that today, Jack wasn’t dull. We woke up at 5:15am so that we, The BS, could head up to Whidbey Island to work at the Palmer’s place. Most of the work was related to painting the stairs or taking out various thorny plants. However, the food was absolutely splendid. I’m going to sleep now.

Big Antenna

I was driving to SAAS to drop of some stuff and saw this tiny little car with this fricking huge antenna and thought it just might be worth writing about. Don’t mind the white blurry part, that’s just a crack in my windshield. Seeing as I was driving, it’s not like I could actually look at the viewfinder to see what I was shooting. I just sort of pointed it in the general direction and took the shoot. So there, I wrote about.

In other news, I stopped by Molly Brown Temps to show them my passport for the W-9 form. That means that I am official employed as a temp worker which means that…well, I’m not quite sure what the means. On the way to school, I saw Britney, a SAAS graduate of the class of ’04 (i.e. my classmate), and said high. Yesterday was her birthday…Happy Birthday Britney. I also say 50 First Dates; it was actually a pretty funny movie.

And I thought it couldn’t get any better

Some of you may remember an incident a few months back when Jeff Staples went to Tolo. Long story short, a few of us guys got together and completely wrapped his date’s car in pallet wrapping plastic. It took about an hour and we got it all on film. I just happened to have saved a frame from the video in My Pictures folder. I found it a couple weeks back and submitted it to CollegeHumor.com. Obviously they liked it

http://collegehumor.com/?image_id=57516 Correct link: http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:57516

Poked, Prodded, and Pricked

I went in for my physical today. You know, that biennial exam where you get to breathe deeply a few times and then cough. Anyways, being that I’m off to college, I needed to get my medical exam to ensure the fact that I, in fact, do not have any diseases. They also thought it might be funny if gave me a small amount of TB. I have to stop back in on Saturday to see if I reacted.

Alec Turnbull gave me a call today. It sounds like we might start up a company this summer. I won’t release any other details until we have our meeting on Saturday.

Return of the prodigal teacher

Return of the prodigal teacher

Saranell Hartman was in town to be ordinated as a pastor of the Presbyterian Church, USA. It was a very cool and special moment. For those of you who don’t know, Saranell was the main leader for The Rock when I was in 7th and 8th Grade. She married Tim and they ran off to LA so that Saranell could become a pastor. Anyways, she returned this week to be ordained…or is it ordinated, I can never figure it out…at her “home” church. JHan and myself will be having lunch with Pastor Saranell and Pastor Tim on Thursday. I still want JHan’s job.